Full Auto SEGA/360 In stores Tuesday...

February 10, 2006|By HARTFORD COURANT.

Full Auto

SEGA/360

In stores Tuesday

Imagine the destruction of Twisted Metal crossed with the speed of Burnout. Weapons? Check. Fireballs galore? Check. Unapologetic violence? Check. And when you find yourself on the wrong end of a rocket, simply hit the game's "Unwreck" button, and you can try it all over again. Genius.

Fight Night: Round 3

EA/360, XBOX, PS2

In stores Tuesday

Round 3 looks just fine on the PS2 and Xbox, but if you really want to have your mind blown, check it out on the 360. The level of detail, the fluid animation, the whole polished package makes this the first next-gen game that's truly next-gen.

Black

EA/XBOX, PS2

In stores Feb. 27

Developer Criterion, makers of the sublime Burnout racing games, creates its first first-person shooter. And in typical Criterion fashion, this one is over the top, way, way over the top. There's never a shortage of ammo or destruction in the game. Criterion's hypervisceral take on the genre, from what I've seen, is going to be nothing short of an explosion festival from start to finish.